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Sony Online Entertainment and the PlanetSide 2 team have published the latest patch notes for the update that went into effect over the weekend. Changes include vehicle and weapon updates, client improvements and UI alterations.

Experience Updates

As an added bonus to our earliest supporters, we’ve increased the bonus percentage of our Alpha Squad boost to 50% resources and XP.

Added tiered kill xp

Killing a player who has been alive for less than 10 seconds and has not earned more than 5 xp will yield a diminished “Spawn Kill” xp reward of 25 xp

Killing a player who has been alive for more than 10 seconds, or earned more than 5 xp and less than 1000 xp will yield a normal “Kill” xp reward of 100 xp

Killing a player who has earned equal to or more than 1000 xp but less than 2000 xp will yield an enhanced “High Threat Kill” xp reward of 150 xp

Killing a player who has earned equal to or more than 2000 xp will yield an enhanced “Extreme Menace Kill” xp reward of 300 xp

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I can admit the game has its flaws and that there are hackers (even if it's not as bad as people claim - not at all, actually) but performance hasn't been a problem for anyone I've played with. Heck, I even played this on a laptop over shitty hotel wi-fi with no problems.

If you have performance problems with this game, perhaps it is time to upgrade or at least run a good benchmark test to see if there's something wrong or lacking.

Biggest problem with Planetside 2 was the lack of incentive or tools for defending and a bit of balance. Balance of XP is more or less fixed in this latest patch and defenders have gotten more advantages and defending has gotten a lot easier. Balance is of course always something any developers are working on, and while I'm sure it's not perfect I have no issues enjoying myself as infantry.

Are you on the fence? The game is free - download it and try it; don't just listen to me or anyone else - form your own opinion.

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I like these changes, particularly the extra xp for someone who's been alive along time. Should power along my drop on snipers and suprise them technique.

Re cheating: there are cheats in ALL online games. I've encountered less in ps2 than wow, gw2, war & rift amongst others.

Re performance: supposedly the games a cpu hog, but I have a mid range cpu (fx6300) and can play the game on maximum settings with 60fps never dropping below 40fps in even those huge battles for the crown. Ps2 also culls much better than gw2 i.e not at bloody random, but based on performance / distance / range.

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KingIt's a cutting edge game, a large amount of players in one place, lots of bullets to trace, actual hit boxes etc.. its going to require a meatier pc than a fixed team shooter like cod or a tab Target mmo with mass pvp like gw2.

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Im just comparing it to Battlefield and skyrim, they both look amazing and run flawless for me, and I just can't see upgrading my gear for a sub par shooter, or so I can play with 1000 people at once of which 950 I will never see.